Section 12718.
Cal. Business and Professions Code - BPC § 12718.
in effectAny person who does any of the following acts is guilty of a misdemeanor:
(a)
Requests any person to weigh, measure, or count any commodity falsely or incorrectly.
(b)
Requests a false or incorrect weighmaster certificate.
(c)
Furnishes or gives false information to a weighmaster for use in the completion of a weighmaster certificate.
(d)
Knowingly presents for payment a false weighmaster certificate.
(e)
Knowingly issues a weighmaster certificate giving thereon a false weight, measure, or count.
(f)
Alters a weighmaster certificate resulting in giving thereon a false weight, measure, or count.
(g)
Possesses unfilled or unused weighmaster certificate forms, if he or she is not a weighmaster.
(h)
Issues a weighmaster certificate that contains alterations or omissions of gross or tare weights, net only weights, or measurements.
Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026